There is another option, the whole linux can be install and bootable from a usb memory stick (2GB to 8GB), together with browser, email client, office applications. A popular small size distribution is puppy linux (from au or nz?)
On Sat, 03 Oct 2009, Alex Rufon wrote: > Hi Mark, > > First off, I agree with Oleg, had I the money to burn (I just bought a new > motorcycle last July and crashed it 3 days later and fractured my right foot > ... ehem good thing I took a comprehensive insurance) I would invest on a > Mac. I actually bought a PowerBook before but my Mom wanted it and she asked > nicely (won't take no for an answer ... hehehe) and she loves it. > > If you haven't partitioned your computer and your machine has lots of RAM, I > would suggest installing it on a virtual machine first. You can either use > Microsoft Virtual PC and Sun's VirtualBox, both of these software's are FREE. > Although I would suggest VirtualBox over the Virtual PC for a bunch of > reasons. You see, most of my friends who tried out Linux end up destroying > their windows partition or not being able to boot back into windows. > Particularly if you have more that 1 internal hard drives and not familiar > with Linux device naming convention. Also, depending on how powerful your PC, > trying it out first in a Virtual Machine would let you use your computer on > other tasks while installing, patching, or just plain mucking around with > linux. Afterwards, when your really comfortable with the new OS, then that's > the time you go the plunge and install it on physical partition. BTW, I've > met a lot of people who doesn't like the Gnome desktop. You do have an > alternative like KD > E and XFE but I'm suggesting that you give Gnome a chance first ... there's > a lot of customisation that you can do with it. Actually, my desktop right > now looks pretty much like Aqua/Mac. > > Since your using Ubunutu, I would assume that you got the 64bit version (you > have to select it at the option box in the Ubuntu download website otherwise > you'll get the 32 bit version). Also, I would suggest that you visit this > site and at least read up on some of its suggestions: > http://ubuntuguide.org > > Good luck! > > r/Alex > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mark Deardorff [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 9:10 PM > To: Chat forum > Subject: Re: [Jchat] [Jgeneral] J64 on OpenSUSE 11.1 64bit OS (WAS: RE: > [Jbeta] 602 ebeta available for linux32 and linux64) > > Thanks everyone. Sorry Oleg, I have already invested in PC hardware and > cannot afford the Mac iron. I have the Ubuntu disk and will boot from it to > do some partition work before I install it. > > Mark > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:36 AM, David Mitchell <[email protected]>wrote: > > [---=| TOFU protection by t-prot: 152 lines snipped |=---] -- regards, ==================================================== GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
